---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Very nice, Barb, You are one of the 'real' ones. EAR On 3-mrt-05, at 20:25, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Alan, > =A0 > Tone quality is=A0always an interesting topic to me.=A0 I've gotten = rid=20 > of=A0a few=A0recordings because I couldn't stand the voicing of the=20 > piano.=A0 One was of the 500,000th Steinway (I think), a lot of=20 > different artists playing.=A0 To me, it was a really glassy sounding=20= > instrument.=A0=A0 I sold=A0the CD=A0to a faculty member.=A0=A0 > =A0 > I'm not sure how I learned to hear the subtleties and form my opinion=20= > of piano tone.=A0 But I did practice voicing every chance I had,=20 > starting with evening up notes on the pianos I tuned.=A0 Are you a=20 > pianist?=A0=A0As a pianist, I=A0am always=A0looking for=A0the greatest = spectrum=20 > of tone color available.=A0 When I'm=A0playing, I feel like the = piano=A0IS=20 > the orchestra, and I want to be able to=A0produce as many different=20 > voices=A0possible.=A0 > =A0 > Recently=A0I=A0serviced the home piano (Steinway B) for a university=20= > professor (of piano).=A0=A0When I was at his house he said = something=A0to=20 > the effect that he didn't want "that generic Steinway voicing."=A0 Let=20= > me explain that I've=A0often felt like I'm in minority because it = seems=20 > no matter where I go, so many of the pianos (not just Steinways) are=20= > way too bright--for my taste, anyway.=A0 I can=A0produce that raucous = kind=20 > of voicing if I have to, but I don't like it and I don't like to have=20= > to tune it.=A0 If given artistic freedom, I go for a broad sound--not=20= > too bright (but capable of being bright) and not=A0so mellow to rob=20 > power.=A0 In fact, at one time I had doubted my voicing strategy (only=20= > because it seemed to be different than so much of what I've heard out=20= > there), until I got=A0the e-mail from the professor=A0asking me=A0to = service=20 > his piano.=A0=A0I'll quote the line that made me want to do = cartwheels: > =A0 > "I have greatest admiration for your ability to bring out the highest=20= > artistic potential in pianos." > =A0 > Well, I'm not sure I actually do, but, golly, I'm going to save that=20= > one!=A0=A0A little affirmation at the right time can work marvels for = a=20 > person.=A0 OK, I'll stay the course, I'll stick to my ideals. > =A0 > Go for it, man! > =A0 > Barbara Richmond > =A0 > =A0 > =A0 > =A0 > =A0 > =A0 > =A0 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan > To: 'Pianotech' > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 10:07 AM > Subject: Modern Tone was Restoring Collard & Collard Grand > > Joe Garrett said "Tone is nothing like what the past was, IMHO." > =A0 > He was talking about much older instruments but it reminded me of a=20 > conversation I once had with Ari Isaac. > =A0 > I had asked him how a person can learn to really hear the subtleties=20= > of voicing and what a piano should sound like. His response was=20 > "Listen to piano music recorded in the 1950's." > =A0 > Alan R. Barnard > Salem, MO > friendly greetings from Andr=E9 Oorebeek www.concertpianoservice.nl "Where music is no harm can be" ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4859 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/62/44/fe/9f/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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